I love your Nevada mine explores. Each time I see them all I think of Indiana Jones. I explored a few old Opel mines up in Death Valley. Watching your vids brings back good memories
Thank you. I struggle to use the drone in the thick forests and deep canyons of the Sierra Nevadas, but I definitely try to take it out when we're in Nevada... Cool, you like those oxidized rails too! I thought I was the only one!
olive, read Genesis 2:6 and learn that dew falls each night even in dry deserts. iron only needs a little moisture to rust. some plants are growing by the mine so there must be a little moisture available?
Just want to say thank you to yourself and the others who are documenting these mines on video! I've also been to this mine and many others over the years but mainly have been documenting with film photography and just dont have the time for video. Thanks also for keeping locations discreet as many are disappearing due to vandalism.
Thank you. I appreciate the support... Yes, one is kind of forced to make a decision between doing video or still images of these sites when documenting them unless one has a LOT of time to burn. I started out doing still images, but ultimately felt like I was capturing more on video (even if it is more work). I hate to play secret squirrel with the locations, but aside from the "collectors" and vandals that you mentioned, the BLM and the Forest Service keenly watch these channels too in order to prioritize which abandoned mines to destroy next. So, yeah, I believe that discretion is the best path even though the reasons for that being the case are regrettable.
Totally agree. It takes a lot of time and effort to find and explore these locations also and believe if someone truly wants to see these places puting in the work to do so just makes it that much more gratifying. If you are interested in seeing my work you can check it out on instagram.
I found it interesting that they used stuls and a modified room and pillar is some areas. It looks like really solid rock. Never fails to amaze me how the desert preserves wood underground. Those ladders and stuls/timbers looked days old. I will say some of the support timbers looked like they were just haphazardly put in place. You guys be safe as always.
Some other viewers have mentioned an amateurish appearance about this mine as well. I don't know if an experienced group of miners got things started and then an inexperienced crew took over after the professionals moved on or what... I'm with you on being amazed at how well the desert preserves wood. We've seen timber sets more than a hundred years old underground in Nevada that look like they could have been placed yesterday.
A great little mine! Loads of features down there, loved seeing the rails in place and the ones with the floor missing! Not bad size stopes too, a lot of work went into that place, possibly lots of backfilled sections that went a lot further I reckon!
Yes, I love it when we can find a smaller mine like this that is absolutely packed with interesting features. As you observed also though, the stopes went quite a ways (more than I expected) and I believe that backfilled area behind the retaining wall on the upper level went down into the hill quite a ways originally.
Even though there were very few artifacts in this and the mine on the other side in part 1, the draw of these mines are their character. It's not that hard to imagine the miners dragging drills and jack legs all around the drifts, stopes, and winzes, blasting and finally hauling ore and waste rock out to form all the paths and pockets throughout this mountain. It's great that you provide directions of where you've been since it's easy to be disoriented from this end. You are an accomplished tour guide, thanks.
Yes, I know it is confusing when trying to make sense of these mines at home. Hell, it's confusing for me when I'm there sometimes... So, I always try to provide points of reference to where we are and where we are coming from. This mine is not as remote as some of the others we have visited and so, as you observed, most of the artifacts have disappeared. Like you said though, I love just seeing all of the interesting features (and there were a lot crammed into this relatively small mine) and imagining the miners working there.
Thank you. Ha, unfortunately, it takes a lot of busts to find the gems like these. I just show the successes... I've got to say that Nevada has a much higher success rate though. The mines are less likely to be eroded shut or permanently closed by the Forest Service or BLM.
Wow... look at the gobbing at 6:00. Thats some serious work...yet some of the other work looks amatureish,like the rail curves and impromptu ore chutes. Very interesting.....🤔🤔🤔
Yeah, it's hit and miss with this one. Some of the timbering looked pretty amateurish too... Maybe an experienced crew of miners was replaced by an inexperienced one?
Pretty awesome explore. Im just getting into exploring old coal mines here in Pennsylvania. One thing i wanted to know is can you recommend a good air quality meter? One thing i have a fear of is black damp in some of the mines.
Thank you. You're right to be concerned about possible air issues inside of the coal mines... BW Technologies makes good single-gas detectors that last for at least two years. The nice thing about the single-gas meters is that they provide maintenance-free operation. Otherwise, you have to screw around with calibrating your meter, changing batteries and sensors, etc. That's more hassle than I want and so I don't mind shelling out the $120 or so that it costs. Of course, with coal mines, you're probably going to need several of them. Or, one meter that is more complicated, but covers multiple gases. Regardless, BW Technologies is a good place to start...
Thank you for that info, i will definitely check them out. I have a coal mine video coming out tomorrow that has ore carts/cars, not sure what the proper terminology is. I'd love if you were able to check it out, i'm not as knowledgeable as you with the accurate names or what is inside so maybe you can provide some insight for me? Would be greatly appreciated.
Glad you made it out there. We're heading back to the area this summer to explore more on that side of the valley. A few sites were left out last time. There has been a bit more collapse since 2015, but it's still in decent shape.
Yes, thank you for cluing me in to this one. I'm surprised there was a noticeable difference in the collapses as I thought the process was slower than that. There is a lot of stuff in that part of Nevada and I like how remote it is...
TVR Exploring Yeah it’s interesting over that way. The nest is unchanged from what I saw, too. I’m still trying to find the one around Marietta you covered a few months ago. Google Earth is letting me down.
Thank you! Yes, I was surprised by how extensive the workings were on this side of the hill too. They ran deeper than I expected and I think that section where the retaining wall was holding the waste rock ran much deeper as well, but was filled in. Also, like you observed, those stopes on the top level ran MUCH higher than I expected too.
People talk about getting lost in a mine so I don't know if you have explained to the viewers in other videos (I just found your great videos) about "bearing to the right" idea, but that's what we did along time ago as If you bear to the right or left, you'll not miss any drifts and eventually come back to where you started and you don't get lost.
Yes, fortunately, I have never gotten lost in a mine. The "right hand rule" is very simple and very effective, particularly in a complex, multi-level abandoned mine.
I have really been enjoying your mine videos. If you ever come out to Utah there are many mines in Utah's west desert that don't get a lot of attention.
Only mines in high traffic areas. There are still many open mines in Utah. Especially in the remote parts of the Utah desert, for example, The Drum Mountain range.
The explosive boxes can date a mine to some degree. The first ones I found (I've been exploring mines for over 60 years) were wooden boxes notched together, then wooden withe nails, then the rest in cardboard. The news papers are fun. I have some from WWII.
60 years? That's incredible. You must have seen some amazing things... And you must also be disappointed by the current state of affairs. The notched boxes are very hard to find. Those are a real treasure. I found a newspaper from the 1800s that I'll show in a video soon. I particularly like those.
curious at time 21:25 you were in the chamber and the pipe continued up to what looked like a platform. did you ever go back and use the drone to see where the pipe went?
Cool little mine love history in general also been Irish we dnt have a big a mining history like there or Canada. Even across the water in UK they have a big mining history or World War 2 bunkers it just amazes me what's under our feet. Love ur videos & the way explain wat looking at. Top job take care be safe from Ireland.
Thank you very much for your comment. I always enjoy hearing where viewers are from. It is interesting, isn't it, that just across the water in Cornwall, there are mines everywhere and yet Ireland has so few? The quirks of geology... I love history as well, which is the slippery slope that got me into doing this in the first place. Oh, and, yes, it is amazing what is beneath our feet. I am staggered by how extensive some of these underground mines are.
Hi, must say ive loved binge watching your exploration, absolutely amazing footage of things that we never get to see in the UK. However, i dont mean to be critical of your channel in any way, BUT.... could you please link your part 2s to the original videos as the playlists on youtube are scattered and ive struggled to find the part 1s. (The part 2s appear in my home feed, but not part 1s). Many thanks
You have some major big ones, the way you explore those old mines by yourself! I truly enjoy your videos, but I am perfectly content to sit at my desk and watch YOU do the exploring!! I am a bit surprised about one thing, though. Given the remote locations of the mines you explore, I would think you would find more artifacts that you do. I suppose that anyone who has ever gone in those old mines has taken out anything they find. Any thoughts about why there are so few artifacts? Keep up the good work and, for God's sake, tell someone where you go!!!!
Thank you very much. Unfortunately, yes, scrappers and "collectors" really strip many of the great artifacts from these mine sites. With time, determination and modern 4WDs, there are not a lot of spots they cannot eventually reach. The really great sites are those that are not on a map or that are almost impossibly difficult to reach. Those can have some great treasures. I've got some videos of those "hidden" mines and some really great examples that I have filmed, but have not published yet. Oh, and I do tell at least one person where I am going.
When you don't want to F'around with tramming what do you do? Easy! Chutes - N - Ladders ® is the game for you! Lol I didn't recognize this one until the drone scene
Haha, who says our childhood games aren't applicable to adult life!?! I'd imagine that ore or waste rock was moving with a fair amount of force by the time it got to the bottom of that pipe. Yeah, I take Google Earth to the next level with the drone!
TVR Exploring That shit would've been moving and scary as a damn freight train by the time it got to the bottom. Guess there wasn't enough productivity to warrant a tram system? It's just odd seeing the way they decided to move that ore to the lower bins.
TVR Exploring That shit would've been moving and scary as a damn freight train by the time it got to the bottom. Guess there wasn't enough productivity to warrant a tram system? It's just odd seeing the way they decided to move that ore to the lower bins.
I have the impression that an experienced mining crew started this mine, but that a less experienced group took over after the professionals had moved on... Some of the early work seems solid, but the later work, such as the haphazard timbering and that bizarre ore chute seems like something I would put together... Well, maybe it isn't that bad, but you get what I'm saying...
I don't know precise years, but almost all abandoned tungsten mines in the US started around the time World War II started and then tapered off in the 1950s before most were abandoned by the end of the 1950s.
Well, there wasn't a way up to it without climbing through a heavy layer of bird shit, which I wasn't keen on since this was the first day of an extended camping trip without showers. Also, given the owl experience I had just had, I was a little leery of what might come flying out of there at me while I was perched on the side of the ledge trying to climb up.
A birds nest? What kinda bird? A Tetradactyl? I think that maybe the lumber yard is making all the buck$ with these mines. Another incredible vid I must say. Thanks.
Thank you for your service......... Here and abroad. Its people like you that let us continue have our cushy lives. Also you, the Franks, and the Jeffs, and you know who you are, thanks for saving these documents for generations to come... you sirs are immortal..........
Out in the desert like this, they would have to bring drinking water in barrels on the backs of mules or in trucks. The ore would be taken away elsewhere for processing.
good job I went in one of those mines and looked into one of them nest and there was two mountain kitties in there mom was not happy with this when we came out
Looks like that false floor had gone deeper you could see the lower timbers it was filled in. Also where you see that corner of heavy timbering looks like it could have dropped too but it was filled as well
Yes, I agree with you. I didn't realize it at the time, but after visiting that upper section where the retaining wall was holding all of that waste rock back, I believe those workings extended down for quite a ways. It was my impression that they tied in to the section you are referencing, but because it was almost entirely filled with waste rock, both sections were filled in. Ha, I hope that made sense...
I think you are both right here, I tryed sketching out the workings from your video and it appears that the lower level backfilled section would be directly below the upper level waste rock and wooden barricade. Awesomely detailed commentary by the way :) loving the channel.
Steve H Thank you! Ha, I'm glad what I was trying to explain made sense to at least one other person... Also, that is really cool that you took the time to sketch the mine out. That definitely would have made visualizing the layout easier and adds additional credibility to what we suspected. I shot every bit of the mine, so you would have been able to do a complete sketch of the workings.
TVR Exploring, you seem rather good at finding your way around these labyrinths :). I've uploaded the first sketch at the following link m.imgur.com/a/HmJUR , there are some errors around the upper level entrance and area in question, which having re-reviewed your footage definitely curves back on its self more than I have shown. I think with the correct angle this would place the furthest right of the 3 dead ends, directly under the upper level false floor. This would then place the central drift (back filled / collapsed tunnel with wood supports intact) under the chamber filled with waste rock, just beyond the large wooden barricade. The dodgy drift, which may drop to another lower level, would also be very close to the false floor and potential collapsed winze under the rail in the large chamber. When I get time I will probably do a revised sketch to include a bit more detail, along with the equally impressive mine on the other side of the mountain. Let me know if you think I've made a mistake somewhere, there's nothing like being they're on the ground to see where things are :). Edited to include the additional sketches: Less messy sketch including call out bubble. m.imgur.com/iPiwqSx?r Sketch for the mine on the other side of the mountain m.imgur.com/ukDCdvI?r
what a sweet mine ..and another great video....if your camera can take stills I've seen a few OTHER explorers do them and to be honest they seen to capture a greater view of what there.. I'm guessing the darker gray stuff (material) is the tungsten ore..it might be worth alot.....but today's cost of doing business proably keep them non profitable...... thanks you for hard work and devotion to your craft
As always, thank you very much. I do end up with some pretty good stills on occasion, but I don't have the patience to carefully edit them into the video. Plus, I often don't have the luxury of carrying a heavy tripod and additional lighting gear to make for great photographs when lugging all of the normal gear I have to bring. That's an interesting idea though about doing something with all of the hundreds of good still images I have sitting on my hard drive. I'll have to ponder that. Maybe a slide show at the end of the video for anyone interested? I'm not sure what the tungsten ore looks like, although I would guess that it is that darker gray material as well.
By abandoned mine standards, this was actually a newer mine (1950s). And mines often showcase cutting edge technology of the day. So, even mines from the 1800s in our area sometimes had electrical systems set up.
You strike me as someone who knows what you are doing 100% and you know how to traverse through these places carefully, but I am SO curious as to, if any, which mine has been the scariest that you have gone into (video??)? This one is close to my favorite because you can really picture how the mine worked back in it's day, but I can also see how it can be intimidating at times.
Thank you, Shannon C! Haha, I am glad that I give off that level of confidence. Hopefully, it is justified! Yes, I really liked this mine too because the whole operation was preserved well enough that you could see how everything fit together and worked. So, in regard to your question, yes, there have definitely been some mines that I was quite uncomfortable in… Of those videos that have already been published, one stands out above all of the others and that is the Evans Mine. Aside from just being nasty and horrible, I really thought that wall of mud at the end was going to collapse on me. The door of that mine only opened inward and so if that mud had collapsed, I would have been taken out in a mud tsunami and the force of it would have slammed the door shut. Thus, I would have found myself inhaling mud pudding as I suffocated in the muck trapped behind the door (because it was on a downhill angle, the muck would have filled to the very top of the adit). ua-cam.com/video/Fr49grkqTM8/v-deo.html However, there have also been a couple of others... At the Bottle Flat Mine, the conditions inside were just really, really sketchy. It felt like more rock could have collapsed at any time and I was glad to be out of that one. ua-cam.com/video/UWbiBpT1Jmo/v-deo.html Lastly, at the Water Belle, we were turned back by the very deep, black water that seemed to stretch out forever (we didn’t have the right gear)... That one wasn’t too scary, but it was definitely an intimidating view. We intend to come back to that one this coming season though and finish it. ua-cam.com/video/yby17adD0rY/v-deo.html I also have a couple that I haven’t published yet that had multiple issues. One of them had the horrible mud like the Evans Mine, but not quite as bad. Both had low oxygen levels though and at the back of one of them, I was literally gasping for breath, which you’ll hear in the video. Something else happened at that one too... Someone had done some work inside of the mine in the 1970s or 1980s and the remains of plastic ventilation bags were inside. The mine was flooded and so the ventilation bags were resting on the bottom. The water was very dark and so I didn’t really see what I was walking on, but as I was walking, I was unknowingly forcing a small amount of air through a ventilation bag until enough air built up that it caused a large section of it to rise out of the water! You’ve got to understand what that looked like to me… I’m all by myself deep inside this pitch black mine, up to my waist in murky water. I’m running on low oxygen and as I’m fumbling forward through the blackness trying to pay attention to all of the dangers one must look out for, this huge dark mass rises out of the water and starts moving toward me (the vent bag was rolling back on itself). It was covered in muck too. So, I couldn’t tell what it was. It definitely looked like some creature from a horror movie though. Ha, perhaps needless to say, that scared the shit out of me for several seconds until I figured out what it was. I’m sure you’ll recognize those videos when you see them now… Ha, this is probably a much, much longer answer than you wanted!
WOW! and no, your answers are perfect! Just reading the last one had my eyes wide open in horror, laughing, and shaking my head in shock. I actually watched Bottle Flat a few video's after I asked you the question, so I kind of had an answer, but I am now anticipating your other video's you mentioned in the last segment of your answer. I got my dad watching your video's as well, you have definitely entertained him the last week with your channel. Though he doesn't have a youtube account (he is 71) he is a fan of your explorations. It's so nice that you take the time to answer everyone and remain an actual part of your channel. It makes watching these even more interesting. Thank you for doing that! I will be sure to watch those you mentioned above today. Be careful out there, but please keep sharing those adventures!
Ha, yeah, that Bottle Flat one was ridiculous… It kind of gives you an idea of how many mine tunnels there are snaking around underground there. It looks relatively normal on the surface, but underground is like a termite nest across that whole area. That’s really cool that you shared these with your father and that he is enjoying them. Thank you for telling me about that. Yes, I do try to answer everyone, but it is starting to get harder as I gain more subscribers and receive more comments. With the videos coming up, you’ll recognize the one with the thing coming out of the water right away because I’ll start the series with a pelican that is a very long way from where pelicans belong!
okay, so the Water Belle Mine, that is going to be some place to explore. The portal just takes your breath away. And the history is quite amazing. I hope you will have the chance to get to it again and go into it sometime. That will make a great video, I am sure. Evans mine, the bugs and bats alone would have been enough to make me say "hell no" but that mud....NO WAY! you two were troopers staying in for as long as you did. That was literally like walking in the bowels of Hell, which is funny because I love the colors lining the interior of it.
Yes, I am looking forward to finishing that one... I went back and watched that part of the Water Belle video and I realized I just shot that video with the camera on my phone and it really doesn't do it justice. I look forward to going back there not just to actually explore the rest of it, but to get a better shot of that portal. Like I said in the video, it isn't often that one would think to use the word "beautiful" in conjunction with a mine, but I think that qualifies. Entering the "bowels of Hell" is a very good way to describe the Evans Mine! It could be a setting for a scene in a horror movie... I had forgotten about the colors. Yes, the colors in there were cool.
You should come to Arizona. I have found a number of abandoned mines in the Arizona desert using Google Earth. I visited one recently that has a beautiful, foot wide vein of purple quartz that extends alongside the adit, all the way to the surface.
Yes, I know there are some good sites down there... It is a long way away for us though and I don't know the good areas to check out to avoid gated mines.
Gas has gotten expensive. It's not like it was when I was young. You could spend a 3-day weekend exploring the desert on $50. Of course, most people earned $5 - $7 an hour back then! What part of the country are you from? I assumed you live in Vegas or Salt Lake. You spend so much time exploring Nevada mines. You know what bugs me? Those 20 year-old guys who call themselves "urban explorers," but who drive an almost brand new, high-end Japanese SUV and use a $5,000 Nikon DSLR to make their UA-cam videos. It's not any fun unless you have to worry about whether or not your car will make it back to the highway. Adversity fuels the creative experience!
I'm from Northern California... I love Nevada though and get out there as often as I can when I am back in the U.S. I couldn't agree more with you about the adversity! It's not a proper adventure unless you tear out the exhaust on the bottom of your truck and puncture the brake line in the middle of nowhere (as happened on our most recent trip).
Yeah, I was quite surprised at how far those stopes ran up into the hill. Also, I believe that backfilled area behind the retaining wall ran pretty deeply down into the hill before they filled it up.
Really enjoy watching your channel...I notice you say Cement structure...its Concrete structure...Cement is what makes concrete hard...just some friendly FYI from a Concrete guy...
Thank you for correcting me on that. I rely on you guys to correct all of my mistakes! You made me curious about the differences between concrete and cement and so I Googled it. I have been using cement and concrete interchangeably (which I think a lot of people do). Ha, that must be annoying for you to hear so many people getting that wrong...
Not annoying at all...Most people who are not in the industry call concrete cement... I find your Channel very educational and just thought you would like to know the proper term...
Well, the waste rock is the stuff that they have tossed over the side of the hill or the stuff they backfilled the mine with in a couple of places. It is rock that was clearly discarded and left by the miners...
Yes, I carry gas meters with me. The only issue I have ever encountered is low oxygen in a handful of mines. Not a big deal... You just pay attention to your symptoms and keep an eye on the percentage of oxygen displayed on the meter. I got into some pretty thin air in one mine (I was gasping for breath), but haven't encountered anything bad enough to force me to turn around yet.
What type of meter do you carry? Please advise. Thanks. By the way, I really admire your practice of leaving things exactly as you find them. Bravo! Well done!
I have used the meters from BW technologies that monitor a single gas and last for two years. I'm just trying out a new oxygen meter though and if it is good, I'll include it in a video I intend to do shortly on the gear I use.
Tks 4 the comment back we dnt have as said a lot of mining history. But Ireland is full of sum top history New Grange which is under ground is sum like 2000yrs old I think it's older than Phyrmids the giants Cause Way if it's geography u like castles church's etc take care again Irisheyes ar watching.
Gov't. subsidies for tungsten mining ended in 1992. And competition from Chinese Tungsten producers pretty much killed the tungsten mining in the US by the late 90's as well a eco -nazi environmental rules. Tungsten is usually found in narrow veins and very erratic. not suprised at the "swiss cheese" stoping.
That's about the most amateur looking operation I've ever seen. The timbering looked like they didn't know what they were doing. The rails didn't have smooth curves, the turns were kind of squared off. The big nest kinda looks like a buzzard nest, though it could be eagle. Dig the drone views, that really helps us viewers visualize the layout. I'm a bit of a quadcopter nut myself, I currently have ten.
Yes, a couple of other people mentioned the amateurish appearance of the mine as well. I don't know if they started with an experienced crew of miners and then inexperienced miners took it over after the professionals had moved on or what... Yes, I thought it could have been a buzzard or an eagle as well. Either way, I didn't feel like scrambling up through the bird shit on that skinny ledge to have an angry raptor come hurtling out at me. Ten quadcopters!?! Ha, that's awesome, man. You're not fucking around.
You shouldn't ever be by yourself ! I can't imagine swinging a pick axe and dragging tons of rock outside dumping it down a hill and loading it up again to have it processed for Pennies . I highly doubt many guys got rich .
Even if I'm by myself, someone always knows where I was going... If I wasn't back in a reasonable time, they'd know where to look for me. Yes, I think you're right about not many miners getting rich. Modern machinery has made it a bit less backbreaking than in the past, but the old time miners were a tough lot!
TVR Exploring trust me you are the best ....maybe just post the still...but what I like about the stills is it shows the what seems to be actual colors........
LOL, you must have felt pretty strongly about that to come back an hour later and leave a second comment. Just mute it next time! Most people complain that I don't explain enough and don't do enough of the "here/there" talk...
Or I could easily make a circle due to youtube recommendations on a specific topic. I don't see how people could complain that you don't call out the ever common stope, winze or ore chute.
Honestly the one explore I enjoyed the most is when you were in the 16 to 1 mine when you were interacting naturally. Would love to see more of those please.
I love your Nevada mine explores. Each time I see them all I think of Indiana Jones. I explored a few old Opel mines up in Death Valley. Watching your vids brings back good memories
Thank you. I love the Nevada explores!
Opening drone footage is amazing. Nice work. I really like how the iron rails oxidize in the dessert.
Thank you. I struggle to use the drone in the thick forests and deep canyons of the Sierra Nevadas, but I definitely try to take it out when we're in Nevada... Cool, you like those oxidized rails too! I thought I was the only one!
olive, read Genesis 2:6 and learn that dew falls each night even in dry deserts.
iron only needs a little moisture to rust.
some plants are growing by the mine so there must be a little moisture available?
Just want to say thank you to yourself and the others who are documenting these mines on video! I've also been to this mine and many others over the years but mainly have been documenting with film photography and just dont have the time for video. Thanks also for keeping locations discreet as many are disappearing due to vandalism.
Thank you. I appreciate the support... Yes, one is kind of forced to make a decision between doing video or still images of these sites when documenting them unless one has a LOT of time to burn. I started out doing still images, but ultimately felt like I was capturing more on video (even if it is more work). I hate to play secret squirrel with the locations, but aside from the "collectors" and vandals that you mentioned, the BLM and the Forest Service keenly watch these channels too in order to prioritize which abandoned mines to destroy next. So, yeah, I believe that discretion is the best path even though the reasons for that being the case are regrettable.
Totally agree. It takes a lot of time and effort to find and explore these locations also and believe if someone truly wants to see these places puting in the work to do so just makes it that much more gratifying. If you are interested in seeing my work you can check it out on instagram.
Yep, if you don't have to work for it, you won't appreciate it... Besides, just getting there is half of the fun.
We watched both one & two. It went every which way. Interesting mine. Thank you.
Kind of a strange mine, but visually interesting for sure!
I found it interesting that they used stuls and a modified room and pillar is some areas. It looks like really solid rock. Never fails to amaze me how the desert preserves wood underground. Those ladders and stuls/timbers looked days old. I will say some of the support timbers looked like they were just haphazardly put in place. You guys be safe as always.
Some other viewers have mentioned an amateurish appearance about this mine as well. I don't know if an experienced group of miners got things started and then an inexperienced crew took over after the professionals moved on or what... I'm with you on being amazed at how well the desert preserves wood. We've seen timber sets more than a hundred years old underground in Nevada that look like they could have been placed yesterday.
Great vid! What a mess of workings in there! Thanks for the tour!
Great video thanks for taking us along .
Thanks for watching and commenting.
A great little mine! Loads of features down there, loved seeing the rails in place and the ones with the floor missing! Not bad size stopes too, a lot of work went into that place, possibly lots of backfilled sections that went a lot further I reckon!
Yes, I love it when we can find a smaller mine like this that is absolutely packed with interesting features. As you observed also though, the stopes went quite a ways (more than I expected) and I believe that backfilled area behind the retaining wall on the upper level went down into the hill quite a ways originally.
Oh, I miss this part of the video, I'm glad to caught up. Thumbs up. Love the Arial view as well.
Even though there were very few artifacts in this and the mine on the other side in part 1, the draw of these mines are their character. It's not that hard to imagine the miners dragging drills and jack legs all around the drifts, stopes, and winzes, blasting and finally hauling ore and waste rock out to form all the paths and pockets throughout this mountain. It's great that you provide directions of where you've been since it's easy to be disoriented from this end. You are an accomplished tour guide, thanks.
Yes, I know it is confusing when trying to make sense of these mines at home. Hell, it's confusing for me when I'm there sometimes... So, I always try to provide points of reference to where we are and where we are coming from. This mine is not as remote as some of the others we have visited and so, as you observed, most of the artifacts have disappeared. Like you said though, I love just seeing all of the interesting features (and there were a lot crammed into this relatively small mine) and imagining the miners working there.
wow you always find the most insane old hard rock mines..... Amazing explore once again.
Thank you. Ha, unfortunately, it takes a lot of busts to find the gems like these. I just show the successes... I've got to say that Nevada has a much higher success rate though. The mines are less likely to be eroded shut or permanently closed by the Forest Service or BLM.
Love your videos!!! I am Amazed at your sense of direction in those mines!
Thank you! The abandoned mines can turn into a bit of a labyrinth at times, to be sure...
Wow... look at the gobbing at 6:00. Thats some serious work...yet some of the other work looks amatureish,like the rail curves and impromptu ore chutes. Very interesting.....🤔🤔🤔
Yeah, it's hit and miss with this one. Some of the timbering looked pretty amateurish too... Maybe an experienced crew of miners was replaced by an inexperienced one?
Thanks for sharing life with enthusiasm,nicely done duck walk
Thank you. Ha, if I hadn't been duck walking, I wouldn't have been trying hard enough!
5:41 shows how the granite is thoroughly cracked and the cracks filled with quartz.
the entire mine is dug through this shattered granite and quartz .
Pretty awesome explore. Im just getting into exploring old coal mines here in Pennsylvania. One thing i wanted to know is can you recommend a good air quality meter? One thing i have a fear of is black damp in some of the mines.
Thank you. You're right to be concerned about possible air issues inside of the coal mines... BW Technologies makes good single-gas detectors that last for at least two years. The nice thing about the single-gas meters is that they provide maintenance-free operation. Otherwise, you have to screw around with calibrating your meter, changing batteries and sensors, etc. That's more hassle than I want and so I don't mind shelling out the $120 or so that it costs. Of course, with coal mines, you're probably going to need several of them. Or, one meter that is more complicated, but covers multiple gases. Regardless, BW Technologies is a good place to start...
Thank you for that info, i will definitely check them out. I have a coal mine video coming out tomorrow that has ore carts/cars, not sure what the proper terminology is. I'd love if you were able to check it out, i'm not as knowledgeable as you with the accurate names or what is inside so maybe you can provide some insight for me? Would be greatly appreciated.
Glad you made it out there. We're heading back to the area this summer to explore more on that side of the valley. A few sites were left out last time.
There has been a bit more collapse since 2015, but it's still in decent shape.
Yes, thank you for cluing me in to this one. I'm surprised there was a noticeable difference in the collapses as I thought the process was slower than that. There is a lot of stuff in that part of Nevada and I like how remote it is...
TVR Exploring Yeah it’s interesting over that way. The nest is unchanged from what I saw, too.
I’m still trying to find the one around Marietta you covered a few months ago. Google Earth is letting me down.
26:51 Didn't check the beer bottle in the ore chute to get an approximate age? Might be the date the last time the mine was worked or explored?
No, I didn't think to do that. The newspaper in the first video was from 1979 though.
Well done! I was surprised by how extensive those workings were. Those looked like some serious stopes.
Thank you! Yes, I was surprised by how extensive the workings were on this side of the hill too. They ran deeper than I expected and I think that section where the retaining wall was holding the waste rock ran much deeper as well, but was filled in. Also, like you observed, those stopes on the top level ran MUCH higher than I expected too.
+TVR Exploring some times I put new timber in old mine for extra support and to replace old timber
Man, this so fun to go on this adventure with you. All my friends moved away that I used to do this with.
Thank you for coming along! Ha, yes, it is definitely a niche interest and can be difficult to find people that want to go with you.
Yes! through videos like this I have fallen in love with Nevada. Quite interesting.
Hard not to fall in love with Nevada once you experience the freedom of being alone out in those wide open spaces...
People talk about getting lost in a mine so I don't know if you have explained to the viewers in other videos (I just found your great videos) about "bearing to the right" idea, but that's what we did along time ago as If you bear to the right or left, you'll not miss any drifts and eventually come back to where you started and you don't get lost.
Yes, fortunately, I have never gotten lost in a mine. The "right hand rule" is very simple and very effective, particularly in a complex, multi-level abandoned mine.
I have really been enjoying your mine videos. If you ever come out to Utah there are many mines in Utah's west desert that don't get a lot of attention.
Thank you very much. I've heard that most of the mines in Utah are gated now. Is that not the case?
Only mines in high traffic areas. There are still many open mines in Utah. Especially in the remote parts of the Utah desert, for example, The Drum Mountain range.
2:46 you have dirt on the inside of your lens or on your sensor sir lol
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. I appreciate the comment and you watching the video.
excellent video quality. very well done. I like how you use your lights. You even know your mining terms. Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much.
The explosive boxes can date a mine to some degree. The first ones I found (I've been exploring mines for over 60 years) were wooden boxes notched together, then wooden withe nails, then the rest in cardboard. The news papers are fun. I have some from WWII.
60 years? That's incredible. You must have seen some amazing things... And you must also be disappointed by the current state of affairs. The notched boxes are very hard to find. Those are a real treasure. I found a newspaper from the 1800s that I'll show in a video soon. I particularly like those.
Thanks for the reply. I look forward to the video. Keep up the good work.
drone footage is amazing!
Thank you! The drone wasn't cheap, but I definitely think it makes the videos better.
curious at time 21:25 you were in the chamber and the pipe continued up to what looked like a platform. did you ever go back and use the drone to see where the pipe went?
Truely excellent work -- getting lost is clearly not an option !
Haha, well, it's certainly not desirable... Thank you for watching and for the comment.
Thank you for the armchair view -amazing stuff
Cool little mine love history in general also been Irish we dnt have a big a mining history like there or Canada. Even across the water in UK they have a big mining history or World War 2 bunkers it just amazes me what's under our feet. Love ur videos & the way explain wat looking at. Top job take care be safe from Ireland.
Thank you very much for your comment. I always enjoy hearing where viewers are from. It is interesting, isn't it, that just across the water in Cornwall, there are mines everywhere and yet Ireland has so few? The quirks of geology... I love history as well, which is the slippery slope that got me into doing this in the first place. Oh, and, yes, it is amazing what is beneath our feet. I am staggered by how extensive some of these underground mines are.
Hi, must say ive loved binge watching your exploration, absolutely amazing footage of things that we never get to see in the UK. However, i dont mean to be critical of your channel in any way, BUT.... could you please link your part 2s to the original videos as the playlists on youtube are scattered and ive struggled to find the part 1s. (The part 2s appear in my home feed, but not part 1s). Many thanks
You have some major big ones, the way you explore those old mines by yourself! I truly enjoy your videos, but I am perfectly content to sit at my desk and watch YOU do the exploring!! I am a bit surprised about one thing, though. Given the remote locations of the mines you explore, I would think you would find more artifacts that you do. I suppose that anyone who has ever gone in those old mines has taken out anything they find. Any thoughts about why there are so few artifacts? Keep up the good work and, for God's sake, tell someone where you go!!!!
Thank you very much. Unfortunately, yes, scrappers and "collectors" really strip many of the great artifacts from these mine sites. With time, determination and modern 4WDs, there are not a lot of spots they cannot eventually reach. The really great sites are those that are not on a map or that are almost impossibly difficult to reach. Those can have some great treasures. I've got some videos of those "hidden" mines and some really great examples that I have filmed, but have not published yet. Oh, and I do tell at least one person where I am going.
Dang I would love to go inside a mine before I die
Would be fun seeing great history
When you don't want to F'around with tramming what do you do? Easy! Chutes - N - Ladders ® is the game for you! Lol I didn't recognize this one until the drone scene
Haha, who says our childhood games aren't applicable to adult life!?! I'd imagine that ore or waste rock was moving with a fair amount of force by the time it got to the bottom of that pipe. Yeah, I take Google Earth to the next level with the drone!
TVR Exploring That shit would've been moving and scary as a damn freight train by the time it got to the bottom. Guess there wasn't enough productivity to warrant a tram system? It's just odd seeing the way they decided to move that ore to the lower bins.
TVR Exploring That shit would've been moving and scary as a damn freight train by the time it got to the bottom. Guess there wasn't enough productivity to warrant a tram system? It's just odd seeing the way they decided to move that ore to the lower bins.
I have the impression that an experienced mining crew started this mine, but that a less experienced group took over after the professionals had moved on... Some of the early work seems solid, but the later work, such as the haphazard timbering and that bizarre ore chute seems like something I would put together... Well, maybe it isn't that bad, but you get what I'm saying...
ADIT ADDICTS Just as loud too.
There are plants that were growing down there. 13:27
Tumbleweeds that blew in...
Any idea on when this mine was in use?
I don't know precise years, but almost all abandoned tungsten mines in the US started around the time World War II started and then tapered off in the 1950s before most were abandoned by the end of the 1950s.
I was hoping for look into that huge bird nest!!
Well, there wasn't a way up to it without climbing through a heavy layer of bird shit, which I wasn't keen on since this was the first day of an extended camping trip without showers. Also, given the owl experience I had just had, I was a little leery of what might come flying out of there at me while I was perched on the side of the ledge trying to climb up.
Is that just north of Searchlight, Nevada ?
A birds nest? What kinda bird? A Tetradactyl? I think that maybe the lumber yard is making all the buck$ with these mines. Another incredible vid I must say. Thanks.
Haha! Yeah, that nest was enormous! The wood must have been a tremendous expense at these mines...
Thank you for your service.........
Here and abroad.
Its people like you that let us continue have our cushy lives.
Also you, the Franks, and the Jeffs, and you know who you are, thanks for saving these documents for generations to come... you sirs are immortal..........
Thank you for the support and the kind words...
TVR Exploring thank you for your service.... have you seen the Larry David sketch for that?
where did the miners get water for drinking and for processing ore?
Out in the desert like this, they would have to bring drinking water in barrels on the backs of mules or in trucks. The ore would be taken away elsewhere for processing.
good job I went in one of those mines and looked into one of them nest and there was two mountain kitties in there mom was not happy with this when we came out
Wow, I would not have expected to see that inside of a nest! Ha, and, no, I am not surprised to hear that mom became disagreeable about that!
Looks like that false floor had gone deeper you could see the lower timbers it was filled in. Also where you see that corner of heavy timbering looks like it could have dropped too but it was filled as well
Yes, I agree with you. I didn't realize it at the time, but after visiting that upper section where the retaining wall was holding all of that waste rock back, I believe those workings extended down for quite a ways. It was my impression that they tied in to the section you are referencing, but because it was almost entirely filled with waste rock, both sections were filled in. Ha, I hope that made sense...
I think you are both right here, I tryed sketching out the workings from your video and it appears that the lower level backfilled section would be directly below the upper level waste rock and wooden barricade. Awesomely detailed commentary by the way :) loving the channel.
Steve H Thank you! Ha, I'm glad what I was trying to explain made sense to at least one other person... Also, that is really cool that you took the time to sketch the mine out. That definitely would have made visualizing the layout easier and adds additional credibility to what we suspected. I shot every bit of the mine, so you would have been able to do a complete sketch of the workings.
TVR Exploring, you seem rather good at finding your way around these labyrinths :). I've uploaded the first sketch at the following link m.imgur.com/a/HmJUR , there are some errors around the upper level entrance and area in question, which having re-reviewed your footage definitely curves back on its self more than I have shown. I think with the correct angle this would place the furthest right of the 3 dead ends, directly under the upper level false floor. This would then place the central drift (back filled / collapsed tunnel with wood supports intact) under the chamber filled with waste rock, just beyond the large wooden barricade. The dodgy drift, which may drop to another lower level, would also be very close to the false floor and potential collapsed winze under the rail in the large chamber. When I get time I will probably do a revised sketch to include a bit more detail, along with the equally impressive mine on the other side of the mountain. Let me know if you think I've made a mistake somewhere, there's nothing like being they're on the ground to see where things are :).
Edited to include the additional sketches:
Less messy sketch including call out bubble.
m.imgur.com/iPiwqSx?r
Sketch for the mine on the other side of the mountain
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what a sweet mine ..and another great video....if your camera can take stills I've seen a few OTHER explorers do them and to be honest they seen to capture a greater view of what there..
I'm guessing the darker gray stuff (material) is the tungsten ore..it might be worth alot.....but today's cost of doing business proably keep them non profitable......
thanks you for hard work and devotion to your craft
As always, thank you very much. I do end up with some pretty good stills on occasion, but I don't have the patience to carefully edit them into the video. Plus, I often don't have the luxury of carrying a heavy tripod and additional lighting gear to make for great photographs when lugging all of the normal gear I have to bring. That's an interesting idea though about doing something with all of the hundreds of good still images I have sitting on my hard drive. I'll have to ponder that. Maybe a slide show at the end of the video for anyone interested? I'm not sure what the tungsten ore looks like, although I would guess that it is that darker gray material as well.
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Are there any mines of similar construction methods, being still used today in the USA ?
There are a few small operators still running like this, but not very many...
It would be nice if you could point out some of the mineral, types of material, ect. Hanging walls ect
Great channel , very interesting and well done , could you add what ,( if you know ) they were mining ? Sub'd.
This was a tungsten mine... Thanks for subscribing!
How do you suppose they dug the ore chutes. Then they lined them with wood.
It was a lot of work... They blasted out the space and then dropped the rock down the chute as they continued pushing up.
Nice , Thank you .
Thanks!
This was fairly large operation given the size of the mine and the light bulb box implies they had access to electricity, a rarity in a mine that old.
By abandoned mine standards, this was actually a newer mine (1950s). And mines often showcase cutting edge technology of the day. So, even mines from the 1800s in our area sometimes had electrical systems set up.
Would love to know the history did they run out of money or no gold someone died in the mine would be great to know.
Awesome place
You strike me as someone who knows what you are doing 100% and you know how to traverse through these places carefully, but I am SO curious as to, if any, which mine has been the scariest that you have gone into (video??)? This one is close to my favorite because you can really picture how the mine worked back in it's day, but I can also see how it can be intimidating at times.
Thank you, Shannon C! Haha, I am glad that I give off that level of confidence. Hopefully, it is justified! Yes, I really liked this mine too because the whole operation was preserved well enough that you could see how everything fit together and worked. So, in regard to your question, yes, there have definitely been some mines that I was quite uncomfortable in… Of those videos that have already been published, one stands out above all of the others and that is the Evans Mine. Aside from just being nasty and horrible, I really thought that wall of mud at the end was going to collapse on me. The door of that mine only opened inward and so if that mud had collapsed, I would have been taken out in a mud tsunami and the force of it would have slammed the door shut. Thus, I would have found myself inhaling mud pudding as I suffocated in the muck trapped behind the door (because it was on a downhill angle, the muck would have filled to the very top of the adit).
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However, there have also been a couple of others... At the Bottle Flat Mine, the conditions inside were just really, really sketchy. It felt like more rock could have collapsed at any time and I was glad to be out of that one.
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Lastly, at the Water Belle, we were turned back by the very deep, black water that seemed to stretch out forever (we didn’t have the right gear)... That one wasn’t too scary, but it was definitely an intimidating view. We intend to come back to that one this coming season though and finish it.
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I also have a couple that I haven’t published yet that had multiple issues. One of them had the horrible mud like the Evans Mine, but not quite as bad. Both had low oxygen levels though and at the back of one of them, I was literally gasping for breath, which you’ll hear in the video. Something else happened at that one too... Someone had done some work inside of the mine in the 1970s or 1980s and the remains of plastic ventilation bags were inside. The mine was flooded and so the ventilation bags were resting on the bottom. The water was very dark and so I didn’t really see what I was walking on, but as I was walking, I was unknowingly forcing a small amount of air through a ventilation bag until enough air built up that it caused a large section of it to rise out of the water! You’ve got to understand what that looked like to me… I’m all by myself deep inside this pitch black mine, up to my waist in murky water. I’m running on low oxygen and as I’m fumbling forward through the blackness trying to pay attention to all of the dangers one must look out for, this huge dark mass rises out of the water and starts moving toward me (the vent bag was rolling back on itself). It was covered in muck too. So, I couldn’t tell what it was. It definitely looked like some creature from a horror movie though. Ha, perhaps needless to say, that scared the shit out of me for several seconds until I figured out what it was. I’m sure you’ll recognize those videos when you see them now… Ha, this is probably a much, much longer answer than you wanted!
WOW! and no, your answers are perfect! Just reading the last one had my eyes wide open in horror, laughing, and shaking my head in shock. I actually watched Bottle Flat a few video's after I asked you the question, so I kind of had an answer, but I am now anticipating your other video's you mentioned in the last segment of your answer. I got my dad watching your video's as well, you have definitely entertained him the last week with your channel. Though he doesn't have a youtube account (he is 71) he is a fan of your explorations. It's so nice that you take the time to answer everyone and remain an actual part of your channel. It makes watching these even more interesting. Thank you for doing that! I will be sure to watch those you mentioned above today. Be careful out there, but please keep sharing those adventures!
Ha, yeah, that Bottle Flat one was ridiculous… It kind of gives you an idea of how many mine tunnels there are snaking around underground there. It looks relatively normal on the surface, but underground is like a termite nest across that whole area. That’s really cool that you shared these with your father and that he is enjoying them. Thank you for telling me about that. Yes, I do try to answer everyone, but it is starting to get harder as I gain more subscribers and receive more comments. With the videos coming up, you’ll recognize the one with the thing coming out of the water right away because I’ll start the series with a pelican that is a very long way from where pelicans belong!
okay, so the Water Belle Mine, that is going to be some place to explore. The portal just takes your breath away. And the history is quite amazing. I hope you will have the chance to get to it again and go into it sometime. That will make a great video, I am sure. Evans mine, the bugs and bats alone would have been enough to make me say "hell no" but that mud....NO WAY! you two were troopers staying in for as long as you did. That was literally like walking in the bowels of Hell, which is funny because I love the colors lining the interior of it.
Yes, I am looking forward to finishing that one... I went back and watched that part of the Water Belle video and I realized I just shot that video with the camera on my phone and it really doesn't do it justice. I look forward to going back there not just to actually explore the rest of it, but to get a better shot of that portal. Like I said in the video, it isn't often that one would think to use the word "beautiful" in conjunction with a mine, but I think that qualifies. Entering the "bowels of Hell" is a very good way to describe the Evans Mine! It could be a setting for a scene in a horror movie... I had forgotten about the colors. Yes, the colors in there were cool.
All the waste rock left inside?
Easier to stash it in unused sections than to haul it out...
You should come to Arizona. I have found a number of abandoned mines in the Arizona desert using Google Earth. I visited one recently that has a beautiful, foot wide vein of purple quartz that extends alongside the adit, all the way to the surface.
Yes, I know there are some good sites down there... It is a long way away for us though and I don't know the good areas to check out to avoid gated mines.
Gas has gotten expensive. It's not like it was when I was young. You could spend a 3-day weekend exploring the desert on $50. Of course, most people earned $5 - $7 an hour back then! What part of the country are you from? I assumed you live in Vegas or Salt Lake. You spend so much time exploring Nevada mines. You know what bugs me? Those 20 year-old guys who call themselves "urban explorers," but who drive an almost brand new, high-end Japanese SUV and use a $5,000 Nikon DSLR to make their UA-cam videos. It's not any fun unless you have to worry about whether or not your car will make it back to the highway. Adversity fuels the creative experience!
I'm from Northern California... I love Nevada though and get out there as often as I can when I am back in the U.S. I couldn't agree more with you about the adversity! It's not a proper adventure unless you tear out the exhaust on the bottom of your truck and puncture the brake line in the middle of nowhere (as happened on our most recent trip).
They Swiss cheesed the shit out of that hill. Pretty impressive for such a compact mine.
Yeah, I was quite surprised at how far those stopes ran up into the hill. Also, I believe that backfilled area behind the retaining wall ran pretty deeply down into the hill before they filled it up.
Really enjoy watching your channel...I notice you say Cement structure...its Concrete structure...Cement is what makes concrete hard...just some friendly FYI from a Concrete guy...
Thank you for correcting me on that. I rely on you guys to correct all of my mistakes! You made me curious about the differences between concrete and cement and so I Googled it. I have been using cement and concrete interchangeably (which I think a lot of people do). Ha, that must be annoying for you to hear so many people getting that wrong...
Not annoying at all...Most people who are not in the industry call concrete cement... I find your Channel very educational and just thought you would like to know the proper term...
Oh, I definitely do like it when someone explains the proper terminology to me. Thank you again. I'm glad you're enjoying the channel.
What were they mining at that mine
This was a tungsten mine. I talk about it in the descriptions below the videos in this series...
Wow so cool!
I ask you, how you tell the waste rock from the gold bearing rock or ore that they want.
Well, the waste rock is the stuff that they have tossed over the side of the hill or the stuff they backfilled the mine with in a couple of places. It is rock that was clearly discarded and left by the miners...
Thank you love your shows don't you get scared crawling around rocks that can crush you. And splinter that wood like a tooth pick.
Surveyor's paint?
Yes, I expect so.
do you go alone on most of these?
I wouldn't say most, but some...
I forgot one thing. Do you carry an oxygen meter with you? What do you do when you run into a high O2, low CO2 area?
Make that a high CO2, low O2 area. It's late.
Yes, I carry gas meters with me. The only issue I have ever encountered is low oxygen in a handful of mines. Not a big deal... You just pay attention to your symptoms and keep an eye on the percentage of oxygen displayed on the meter. I got into some pretty thin air in one mine (I was gasping for breath), but haven't encountered anything bad enough to force me to turn around yet.
What type of meter do you carry? Please advise. Thanks. By the way, I really admire your practice of leaving things exactly as you find them. Bravo! Well done!
I have used the meters from BW technologies that monitor a single gas and last for two years. I'm just trying out a new oxygen meter though and if it is good, I'll include it in a video I intend to do shortly on the gear I use.
I hope you have someone with you. Some of those places look dangerous. Love your videos though.
I have people with me when I can, but I can't always convince people to come visit abandoned mines with me.
@ 23:05 -- Pterodactyl nest ! Lol
LOL! Wouldn't have surprised me at all!
Tks 4 the comment back we dnt have as said a lot of mining history. But Ireland is full of sum top history New Grange which is under ground is sum like 2000yrs old I think it's older than Phyrmids the giants Cause Way if it's geography u like castles church's etc take care again Irisheyes ar watching.
Oh, yes, Ireland is full of history. I enjoy visiting Ireland very much... There is something new to see every time.
How Is there any room to move around in that mine when you're dragging those huge balls with you? Brave brave man!
LOL! Thank you...
I think that nest belongs to that huge owl from the first video. Still, very cool.
Could be... Thanks for the comment.
That ore chute. Check out the geometry on those joints. Carpentry MacGyver! Took me a couple of goes to spell the mans name right.
Haha, yes, someone went a little wild with their carpentry skills inside of this one!
UA-cam unsubscribe me to you. I just subscribed other day i thought. oh well i am still here watching. :) thanks for posting
Thank you. I'm glad I could post videos good enough to pull you in to watch them!
Showing us things most of us will never get to see if it wasn't for you. SO THANK YOU.
22:01 totally not sketchy, at all
LOL, maybe just a little bit...
What a cruddy timber job. I sure hope thats not how it was when the mine was still active.
I'm not sure if that was the original crew that did the timber work we saw or if that was a group of amateurs that came in later.
Gov't. subsidies for tungsten mining ended in 1992. And competition from Chinese Tungsten producers pretty much killed the tungsten mining in the US by the late 90's as well a eco -nazi environmental rules. Tungsten is usually found in narrow veins and very erratic. not suprised at the "swiss cheese" stoping.
Ah, that's interesting about tungsten being so erratically distributed. I didn't know that... Thank you for the comment.
Kinda reminds me of my marriage and divorce, she got the gold and I got the SHAFT! 😊
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
How sadly accurate... I'm afraid that definition seems to fit most divorces these days.
Did you say salt?
What a cool mine. Looks like on Red Dead Redemption.
looks like a classic eagles nest
Part of the reason I wasn't too keen on scrambling up through the bird crap to stick my face in...
One odd mine. And not much mucking done.
Yes, this was certainly an unusual one...
how can you be contacted regarding a video of you in a underground placer exploration
Pit fighters?
That's about the most amateur looking operation I've ever seen. The timbering looked like they didn't know what they were doing. The rails didn't have smooth curves, the turns were kind of squared off. The big nest kinda looks like a buzzard nest, though it could be eagle. Dig the drone views, that really helps us viewers visualize the layout. I'm a bit of a quadcopter nut myself, I currently have ten.
Yes, a couple of other people mentioned the amateurish appearance of the mine as well. I don't know if they started with an experienced crew of miners and then inexperienced miners took it over after the professionals had moved on or what... Yes, I thought it could have been a buzzard or an eagle as well. Either way, I didn't feel like scrambling up through the bird shit on that skinny ledge to have an angry raptor come hurtling out at me. Ten quadcopters!?! Ha, that's awesome, man. You're not fucking around.
What type of camera do you use
What about your pocket?
You shouldn't ever be by yourself !
I can't imagine swinging a pick axe and dragging tons of rock outside dumping it down a hill and loading it up again to have it processed for
Pennies .
I highly doubt many guys got rich .
Even if I'm by myself, someone always knows where I was going... If I wasn't back in a reasonable time, they'd know where to look for me. Yes, I think you're right about not many miners getting rich. Modern machinery has made it a bit less backbreaking than in the past, but the old time miners were a tough lot!
Its kinda sad when you see this pre MSHA stuff, to think that miners had to work is such hazardous and life threatening conditions....
Yes, especially back in the 1800s, the death rates were astronomical compared to today.
Is this what makes Spongebob such a pain in the ass.
OK so you with us.
Looks like your in a ant farm
Ha, it felt like it too!
i preliked before prewatched...I'LL BE BACK...IT JUST AN EXCAPE ITS GO TO GO INTO A MAN MADE CAVE
Haha, you have a high degree of confidence in me! I hope I continue to justify it!
TVR Exploring trust me you are the best ....maybe just post the still...but what I like about the stills is it shows the what seems to be actual colors........
Yeah, I hear you. I'll see if I can think of a good way to mix them in.
The "here, there" narration is excessive. We can derive these things as viewers our self. Nice explore otherwise!
You could rename this channel "Here There Exploring" and it would be the perfect fit.
LOL, you must have felt pretty strongly about that to come back an hour later and leave a second comment. Just mute it next time! Most people complain that I don't explain enough and don't do enough of the "here/there" talk...
Or I could easily make a circle due to youtube recommendations on a specific topic. I don't see how people could complain that you don't call out the ever common stope, winze or ore chute.
Honestly the one explore I enjoyed the most is when you were in the 16 to 1 mine when you were interacting naturally. Would love to see more of those please.
Trust me, people complain about everything...